Ohio Opioid Medication Information Site Goes On-line

Ohio has a federal grant of nearly a million dollars to spread the word about new ways to manage prescription pain killers and reduce opioid addiction. The public information project is called Take Charge Ohio, and this month it started rolling out an interactive website.

Local communities who were hoping for new money in President Trump’s public health emergency declaration to fight the addiction crisis were disappointed. But as WKSU’s M.L. Schultze reports, they see promise in some of the initiatives.

The only new funding promised in President Trump’s announcement is from the Public Health Emergency Fund – which the Washington Post says now has $57,000 in it. But the plan does allow those who can’t find jobs because of addiction to get Dislocated Worker retraining grants that now go to people who are laid off.

Regional lawmakers will be at the White House tomorrow as President Trump is expected to unveil a long-anticipated emergency declaration for the opioid crisis. However, Aaron Payne with Ohio Valley Resource reports health officials and addiction treatment experts in the Ohio valley region say they’ve had little contact from the Trump administration as it developed the emergency response.